Weekly rentals in Maine are ‘busier than ever’ as tourists seek socially distanced vacations
Summer has turned out to be much busier for weekly rental owners than they thought it would be three months ago.
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Unity College abruptly lays off staff ahead of plan to retool academic offerings
Unity College abruptly laid off 33 members of its faculty and staff and furloughed another 20 on Monday, ahead of a plan to retool its academic offerings and largely abandon its main campus.
We checked if 285 Maine schools tested for cancer-causing radon. Only 1 did.
Schools are not following the federal government’s advice to test for radon every five years, even though the radioactive gas is prevalent throughout Maine.
As rents on midcoast rise beyond affordable, the stigma of ‘workforce housing’ persists
Affordable housing has been a top priority for the Belfast City Council for more than a decade.
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Where do we fit? Too American to be French-Canadian, and too French-Canadian to be American
“Even now I wonder: what is a French-Canadian?” Caroline Castonguay writes.
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